Saturday, November 15, 2008
Proud Mama
The kids got their report cards today and I am so proud of them! They are doing so well. Not that that surprises me. I have a bunch of little geniuses :)
I must brag about my mini me first. Dakotah floored me with her report card. The school's grading system gives them number grades from 1 which is not so good to 4 which is outstanding. At the end of last year Dakotah had received four 4's. When I looked at her report card this afternoon there were thirty one 4's staring back at me. Over half of her report card was perfection. The comments from her teacher were just as wonderful. She said that Dakotah is on or above level in all subjects/areas. Her critical thinking skills in reading and her problem solving skills in math are fantastic. And she strives to go above and beyond what is expected of her. Seeing and reading all of that literally brought tears to my eyes. I can't tell you how proud I am of her - even though I'm trying :) She reminds me so much of me.
Shaelyn did very well also. Her report card was mostly 3.5's. She had some 3's mixed in there,too. Her teacher said that Shae is a role model for her peers. The one thing that Shae has to work on is that she needs to expect that she will make mistakes and to not be so hard on herself when she doesn't do as well as she expects to. Can't imagine where she gets that from :)
Skylar is doing better than we thought. She has had some trouble adjusting to the curicculum as well as with her attitude. The parent teacher conference I went to a few weeks ago was very enlightening. We sat down and had a chat with her about a few things and told her that there were some things needed to be straightened out. Needless to say we weren't expecting to see a good report card. So we were pleasantly surprised to see a mixture of 2's and 3's. Her teacher said that he has noticed a change since the conference so the talk we had with her must have sunk in. She is having a bit of trouble with reading so she has been put into a reading group. Hopefully that will help and we will see some improvement next time around.
With Jordan being in the big leagues now his report card is different. He gets actual number grades. He did pretty well for his first quarter. Math is his downfall so I talked with his teacher and had him put in an extra math lab to help with that. I'm thinking that by next marking period that extra help will pay off and his grades will show it. He must take after his father in that area because I never had a problem with math.
Kudos to my babies for a job well done!Labels: kids
